News / 'Inconclusive' MEPC 82 set the stage for a CII showdown at next meeting

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The inconclusive outcome of IMO’s Meeting of the Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 82) has set the stage for a major clash at next year’s event, in April, with sentiment appearing to lean towards a flat fee per tonne of CO2 emitted.

The Carbon Intensity Index (CII) is set to be reviewed by an inter-sessional working group with the outcome to be announced in March, a week before MEPC 83.

Delegates at 82 agreed on various shortcomings of the intensely unpopular IMO legislation, ...